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Boy, 10, among three dead in WA crashes

Three people including a 10-year-old boy were killed in car crashes in WA in less than 24 hours over the weekend, the mangled wrecks of some of the vehicles painting a picture of the horror scenes.

By last night the road toll for the Labour Day holiday period was four, with a driver killed on Friday afternoon when a utility and a bus collided near Williams.

Major crash officers yesterday pleaded with drivers to take more care on the roads as this year's toll rose to 28 deaths.

Sgt John Smith said any loss of life or serious injury in a crash was concerning.

"It doesn't matter if it's a long weekend or just a normal day, just take your time, you'll get there in one piece if you obey the road rules (and) be courteous to everyone," he said.

Sgt Smith spoke after a taxi driver was killed in Kelmscott yesterday afternoon when a red Mazda slammed into the back of his sedan as he waited at red lights on Albany Highway.

Police are investigating whether the Mazda driver was speeding, with witnesses claiming the crash sent the taxi airborne before it ended up on a footpath several metres away.

The Mazda then struck two traffic light poles before ploughing into a gold-coloured Hyundai that had been turning right at the intersection into Denny Avenue.

The woman driving the Hyundai escaped uninjured, while the man behind the wheel of the Mazda was taken to Royal Perth Hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.

Police investigating a crash that killed a 10-year-old boy near the Wheatbelt town of Goomalling on Saturday afternoon were still waiting to speak to the boy's injured stepfather about what happened.

The boy's pregnant mother and siblings, a five-year-old boy and 15-month-old girl, escaped with minor injuries from the wreckage of their Subaru Forester after the vehicle slammed into a tree on the opposite side of the road.

Det-Sen. Const. Justin Cominelli said police were unsure why the vehicle left the road. "It's dead straight down a hill . . . it's a straight bituminised road, it has gravel shoulders, which can be dangerous in the country," he said.

Goomalling resident Darren West, the Labor member for the Agricultural Region, said the family would never be the same and the tragedy would reverberate through the community.

He said the Wheatbelt region continued to be over-represented in WA's fatality rate and last year it was four times the State average.

"The firefighters and paramedics in Goomalling are volunteers and are often attending to crashes where they know the people involved," he said.

Police are also investigating the death of a 41-year-old man killed when his car rolled near Exmouth just before 6.30am yesterday.

Anyone with information about the crashes should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

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